I havent rebooted, nothin, between the not seeing and the seeing. Since was originally uploaded to auctiva with FF and then reuploaded to auctiva with IE, I can't help but wonder if FF did something to the file during upload that altered it to where IE couldnt cope with it.

It shouldnt have, but that's the only thing I can think of as to why I couldnt see it the first time and can now.

I'm not the brightest on this stuff, but I couldn't find what you were talking about. Is it in the Auctiva listing form or do I have to go to the Ebay listing?My son told me to go to the Ebay listing and click on HTML, but it was like a whole page of codes.

Glad I could talk you through how, when and where you can paste the html after you grab it. All it takes is doing it once and you'll have it down pat as you've seen.

It's kinda like riding a bike, you do it successfully once and you're Good To Go.

Thanks SJ. Now I've got the hang on it. Using it on Blujay. Ecrater doesn't let you use it, and so far haven't been able to get it into Plunder or Bidzig. I did find a couple of templates that would not work in Blujay, but just used a different one. Thx for all your help...

Well I have seen a lot of peeps on the ebay boards slamming auctiva about the store windows and slow upload times, but for my money it has worked great. Free! is nice and most people do have fast enough internet service now that they don't notice. There are some quirky times when the pics won't load. But I honestly believe that my store window has increased my sales. The templates are nice too. I don't think the selection is that great, but fast, easy and free is OK with me.

I like auctiva's store window, cross-promotion tool. Like all things online, your pics need to be web-optimized in order to speed up the load time. I honestly think that's where the biggest problem occurs, just like all those ebay listings w/o store window that load slowly.

No it's not. I have used auctiva with naughty bids, ebanned, bidville, and a couple of other sites you just have to create the listing on auctiva and then get the code and paste it to what ever site you are listing on.

bobby131313

While I'm sure Auctiva is great for some, I refuse to use them. I'll tell you why in 2 parts. Fact and Opinion.

Fact

As of about a year ago, when you go through the registration process one of the pages asks you to generate an eBay token which enables them to do things on eBay on your behalf. There is a page for Auctiva members to set their preferences, this allows them do things you specify using the token you generate.

However, unless you read about it somewhere like here beforehand, you know nothing about these preferences. Now, without your knowledge, Auctiva has already authorized themselves to do some things on your preferences page. The second you generate the token, they start putting the "Auctiva Showcase" at the top of all your active listing. They don't tell you at all. You just go to one of your listings, and it there, at the top, before any of your description.

It's possible this has changed since but I doubt it. I was told flat out on their forum by their staff that it would not change and when current members came forward to agree with me that it was wrong, posts began to be edited or dissappeared, then the topic was locked.

My Opinions

I believe this to be a very sneaky tactic and for this reason alone, I will not deal with this company at all. I have even pulled all of my Sellathon Affiliate links, even though I was making good money from them, since they are now owned by Auctiva.

In addition to adding it to your listings without your permission, they put it at the very top which in my opinion is the worst place for it for you, but of course the best place for them. Cross-promotion should be after your description, not before.

If I'm selling Fords and someone comes in the front door and makes a bee line for the blue Mustang, I'm not going to grab their arm and drag them to the red F-250 before they get to it. If their done looking at the Mustang, then I'll try to sell them the truck.

Cross promotion belongs after what they came in the door to see.

Summary

If you're going to sign up, do not generate a token during the registration process. Check the preferences page first after registration, then go back and generate a token when you're ready.

Hi guys it is very easy to modify where your scrolling gallery goes! I do not like it at the top of my listings either. In order to change the settings you go into your Auctiva store and set it to whatever way you like. use this link to go there (you will have to be logged into Auctiva).http://www.auctiva.com/stores/editstorewindow.aspx Hope this may help you change your mind about using Auctiva, bobby131313